Wheel Removal
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Wheel Removal
Thought I would do a practice tire change on my 2004 XKR, in the relative comfort of my garage, using only the equipment that is installed in the car. Lifting the right front was easy using the supplied scissors jack. Loosening the lugs was possible using the supplied lug wrench. However .... the Driver's Handbook says to use the "plastic spanner supplied" to remove the centre badge and the hexagon center nut. I do have a centre badge, but there is no "plastic spanner" supplied. Does the 20 inch BBS wheel have a hexagonal center nut behind the centre badge?
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BobF nailed it. There have been a couple of times when typical surface corrosion between the hub and the wheel have caused me to have to beat on the tire with a rubber mallet in order to break the grip. The first time really surprised me as to how strong that rust grip had become since the last time I had the wheels off the car for a tire rotation....
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Broke a lot of centre cap lugs before I learned this trick from a dealer tech!
Graham
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corrosion?
The hardest wheel removal had to be the Jeep Cherokee where the owner had painted the brake drums with a nice thick red enamel before slapping the wheels back on and baking the two together with braking heat. No corrosion when the wheel finally came off after whaling on it with a 10 pound sledge.
The hardest wheel removal had to be the Jeep Cherokee where the owner had painted the brake drums with a nice thick red enamel before slapping the wheels back on and baking the two together with braking heat. No corrosion when the wheel finally came off after whaling on it with a 10 pound sledge.
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